Dead crappies!!!

[Just_Bass]

I walked around some docks this morning for Frog fishing. At one dock with sandy beach type, I saw a lot of small dead crappies floating around and even more (bigger ones) on the bottom of the lake. Also, the ones that swim don’t look healthy either. Is this a norm, btw I’m in South California so it is getting hot and water temp over 70 now.

[spartannation]

Did they spray the lake for weeds?

[silverside]

[Fish on Line]

Decaying Vegetation eats up the Oxygen .. it could have even been sprayed several weeks ago, Or overflow from septic tank

[Just_Bass]

Nope not that I’m aware off, but I’ll check. We use alum treatment, I think last time was 3 months ago but it didn’t work well enough.

[Just_Bass]

Never mind just found out they stock new crappies, bluegill and bass yesterday. I don’t know why.

[Ketchn]

interesting as to why nothing is eating the dead fish ? yawl got turtles and or catfish out that way ?

[Ketchn]

and why are they stocking in the summertime ?
that's ding dong for sure , who manages the lake ?

[Just_Bass]

They stocked the lake the day before at this same locations. That why I didn’t know and only saw dead fish at this park.
I’m not sure seem like, HOA doesn’t do a good job and spent money on some unnecessary things. They claimed from study they need to rehabilitate of all the fish including bass. I guess the guys that study don’t know how to catch bass or might be those guys from bass club that want more bass in the lake and add crappies/bluegill as bait. We used to have a lot of DD bass in the lake but recently only a few show up here and there. I still see plenty of shad around but if the keep adding top predators, I’m not sure how ecosystems gonna be. I might have to start harvest those crappies and bluegill and Bass included.

[NUBSTER]

The dead ones could be from the STOCKERS! Just saying